Artem Sitak

Artem Yurievich Sitak (/ˈɑːrtəm ˈsɪtæk/ ART-əm SIT-ak;[1][2] Russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, romanized: Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player.[3]

Artem Sitak

Country (sports)	Russia (2002 – 2010)  New Zealand (2011 – )
Residence	Auckland, New Zealand
Born	(1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 Orenburg, Russia (then part of Soviet Union)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,042,007
Singles
Career record	5–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 299 (11 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record	142–140
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 32 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 73 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	3R (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	2R (2014, 2016, 2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2018, 2019)
French Open	2R (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	2R (2017)
Last updated on: 11 May 2020.

Artem Sitak

Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Russia
Summer Universiade
	2005 Izmir	Singles
	2005 Izmir	Doubles

Tennis career

Junior years

Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5.

At the age of 14, Sitak won the prestigious Orange Bowl.

Sitak made his first junior Grand Slam appearance at the age of 15 at the 2002 Australian Open where he was beaten in straight sets by Australian Christopher Roman. Sitak's last junior tournament came a year later at the 2003 Australian Open where he was eliminated by Korean Suk Hyun-Joon in the first round.

Senior career

Sitak began his senior career in 2002 at a challenger event in Togliatti, Russia, where he received a wildcard into the main draw but fell in the first round to Thomas Blake, older brother of former top 10 player James Blake. Sitak's first title came in 2005 in a Russian futures tournament, where he defeated Pavel Chekhov 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

2011

Sitak began 2011 under the New Zealand flag and received a wildcard into the 2011 Heineken Open qualifying, where he was defeated by Frenchman Ludovic Walter 6–3, 6–4 in the first round.

2014 – first ATP Doubles title

Sitak partnered Polish tennis player Mateusz Kowalczyk to win the 2014 MercedesCup doubles title, defeating Philipp Oswald and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 2–6, 6–1, 10–7 in the final.

2017

Sitak's long-running doubles partnership with Nicholas Monroe came to an end after Wimbledon in 2017, and he subsequently teamed up with Dutch player Wesley Koolhof. They reached the final in Atlanta, losing to the Bryan brothers, and lost in the first round at the US Open before winning a Challenger event in Szczecin, Poland, and losing another ATP final, this time in Metz, to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

2018

Starting the new year in Brisbane, Sitak and Koolhof lost in the semi-finals to Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos. They lost in the first round in Auckland to Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and then 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 4–6, 4–6 in the second round of the Australian Open to the eventual winners, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić. Although they were not in the original draw for the Mixed Doubles, Sitak and Olga Savchuk teamed up as alternates after an injury to Anastasia Rodionova in her women's doubles match meant that she and Marach could not participate. They were beaten in a first-round match tie-break by Nadiia Kichenok and Marcel Granollers.

Sitak and Koolhof then went to Newport Beach in California where, as top seeds, they lost in the first round, 2–6, 1–6, to Treat Huey and Denis Kudla. After that came the Davis Cup where, in Tianjin, Sitak and Marcus Daniell lost their doubles tie to the lowly-ranked Chinese pair of Gong Mao-Xin and Zhang Ze. Sitak and Koolhof then lost in the quarter-finals at Montpellier before going all the way to the final in the New York Open, being beaten by Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald in a match tie-break. They followed that up with a first round loss at Delray Beach to Scott Lipsky and Divij Sharan.

Their up and down season continued in Brazil, where they reached the final in São Paulo, but were beaten in straight sets by Federico Delbonis and Máximo González. Their next stop was Irving, Texas, where they lost in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger to Alexander Peya and Philipp Petzschner. Moving to Europe, and playing in the Alicante Challenger in Spain as preparation for the European clay court season, they won their second title together when they beat Guido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar 6–3, 6–2, in the final, but they lost in the first round of their next tournament in Marrakech. In the Hungarian Open they beat the top seeds Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya in the first round, but lost in the second to Marcin Matkowski and Sitak's former partner Nicholas Monroe.

Their next tournament was at Estoril where they went all the way to the final before losing to the British pair of Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie, 2–6, 4–6. They then lost in the first round of the Bordeaux Challenger tournament after Sitak had been hit in the right ear by a smash from Radu Albot, and also in the first round in Geneva, the last tournament before the French Open.

At Roland Garros, Sitak and Koolhof beat Andre Begemann and Antonio Sancic in the first round, then the ninth seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram, before going down to fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. All three matches went to a deciding set. After the tournament finished it was announced that the pair would split, with Koolhof joining Sitak's fellow New Zealander, and former partner, Marcus Daniell, and Sitak linking up with Indian Divij Sharan.[4]

Sitak and Sharan's first tournament together was at 's-Hertogenbosch, where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen. They then lost in a big upset in the first round of qualifying at Halle, before finding top seeds Cabal and Farah their nemesis in the first round at Eastbourne.

They reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, the best-ever result in a Grand Slam tournament for either of them. They had to come from two sets down in both their second and third round matches, against Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos and Marcin Matkowski and Jonathan Erlich respectively, before lining up against Mike Bryan and Jack Sock in the quarter-finals. There were three tie-break sets to start, and just one loss of serve in the fourth set was enough to seal their defeat at the hands of the eventual champions. In mixed doubles, Sitak teamed up with Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok to beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer and Maria Irigoyen, but he withdrew from the second round due to fatigue from the length of the men's doubles matches.

Sitak teamed up with Erlich for the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, marching imperiously to the final, where they very quickly swept aside clay-court specialists Marcelo Arevalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela. Sitak maintained that it was their experience which counted - it was the 39th ATP final for Erlich, and the 11th for Sitak, but just the first for both their opponents.

Moving on to Washington DC for the Citi Open, Sitak and Sharan beat Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the first round before losing to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the quarter-finals. Sitak then entered the Toronto Masters with Stefanos Tsitsipas, and received a first-round call up as an alternate for a withdrawn pair. They ended up playing Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, and lost 6–4, 6–4. Moving on to Cincinnati for the next Masters event, the pair qualified for direct acceptance. In the first round they were drawn against Ivan Dodig and Robin Haase, and lost in a match tie-break.

In his last tournament before the US Open, Sitak teamed up with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi at Winston-Salem. They beat Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, then Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez, before falling to Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes in the semi-final. In the US Open, Sitak and Sharan lost to eventual runners-up Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the second round, while Sitak and Lyudmyla Kichenok were beaten in a tight first round battle in the mixed doubles, losing 10–8 in the match tie-break to fourth seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig.

The US Open was followed by New Zealand's Davis Cup tie against Korea in Gimcheon, where Sitak and debutant Ajeet Rai were successful in their doubles rubber. However, New Zealand lost the tie 3–2, and were relegated to Group II of the Asia/Oceania zone for the first time in five years. Dashing back to France for what turned out to be just one match, Sitak, again with Qureshi, lost in the first round at Metz to Oliver Marach and Jurgen Melzer. Reunited with Sharan a week later in China, they were upset in the first round of the Chengdu Open by Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

In the Japan Open they drew Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round, and lost in straight sets, and then were able to get into the Shanghai Masters as an alternate entry, where they lost in the second round to Kubot and Melo, who went on to win the title. Their next event was the European Open in Antwerp where, as fourth seeds, they lost to second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in an entertaining semi-final.

From there they travelled to Basel for the Swiss Indoors Open, where they lost in an upset result in the semi-finals to Mischa and Alexander Zverev. They finished their season at the Paris Masters where, with only an hour's notice, they again took the court as an alternate. They beat Feliciano and Marc Lopez in the first round, but lost in straight sets in the second round to the best team in the world for 2018, Mike Bryan and Jack Sock.

2019

With a new partner in the left-handed American Austin Krajicek, Sitak began 2019 in Brisbane, where they lost in the quarter-finals to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. They also lost in the quarter-finals in Auckland, this time to Bob and Mike Bryan, the former playing his first tournament since being injured in Monte Carlo and subsequently having surgery to replace his hip.

The Australian Open also saw them record a win and a loss, beating Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela in the first round, but losing a tight match to eventual semi-finalists Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey in the second, 6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾. Sitak had another new partner in the mixed doubles, teaming up with former World doubles number one Ekaterina Makarova. Seeded eighth, they lost in the first round to Andreja Klepač and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Sitak and Krajicek then lost in the first round at Montpellier before going to Rotterdam, where they got into the main draw as Lucky Losers, but again lost in the first round. The same fate awaited them in Rio de Janeiro, but they had far better luck in Acapulco, where they finished runners-up to Mischa and Alexander Zverev after easily taking the first set of the final. It was the first ATP500 series final for both Sitak and Krajicek.

Because of their relative rankings, Sitak found a new partner for Indian Wells in singles specialist Nikoloz Basilashvili, but they went out in the first round to eighth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers. That meant that he and Krajicek were able to go straight to Phoenix, where they had walk-overs in the first two rounds of the Phoenix Challenger, beat Jamie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe in the semi-finals, and lost to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the final.

From there they went to Miami, where they lost in the first round, and on to Houston for the US Clay Court Championships, where they lost to the Skupski brothers in the semi-finals. That was followed by a loss in qualifying in Barcelona and a quarter-final loss in Munich before a first round loss in Madrid, where they had got in as an alternate pair.

They also got into the Italian Open as an alternate pair, and this time made it to the second round, losing to eventual champions Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Another first round loss, this time as second seeds in Geneva, preceded their attempt at the French Open, where Krajicek dropped a bombshell just a couple of days before their first round match by announcing that he would be ending their partnership after this tournament.[5] Seeded 16th, the pair didn't have a single practice together before losing in the first round to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat. He and Makoto Ninomiya played mixed doubles together, but lost in a first round match tie-break to eventual semi-finalists Nadiia Kichenok and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

Sitak had different partners for each of his first three grass tournaments before winning the Antalya Open with Jonathan Erlich in a week where the on-court temperatures seldom dropped below 40 degrees Celsius. They defeated Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in straight sets in the final, having beaten French Open champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the first round. At Wimbledon Sitak and Erlich lost in the first round to Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos, but Sitak went much further in the mixed doubles.

Although he and Laura Siegemund made it to the quarter-finals before losing to fifth seeds Květa Peschke and Wesley Koolhof, it's their first round match against Darija Jurak and Ken Skupski which will go down in history, the sprinklers facing Sitak and Siegemund bursting into life as they sat down with the score at 4-3 in the final set.[6] The match was eventually moved to another court to be finished. As if that wasn't enough, their top quality third round match against third seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić took three hours and 17 minutes, becoming the first mixed doubles match to require Wimbledon's innovation of a tie-break at 12-12 in the final set.

Sitak and Erlich were unable to defend their title in Newport, losing in the first round, before Sitak teamed up with Radu Albot to reach the semi-finals in Atlanta, but they lost in the first round in Los Cabos. Next up was the US Open, where Sitak and Denys Molchanov lost in the first round to second seeds Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. The same fate befell him in the mixed doubles, where he and Lucie Hradecká also lost in the first round.

Two more first round losses followed before Sitak reunited with Divij Sharan. Although losing their first match together, they reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open. They made the Paris Masters as alternates, beating Pavić and Bruno Soares in the first round before losing to Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second. Two first round losses in Challenger events ended the 2019 season for Sitak.

2020

Sitak had a six week break before he and Sharan started the new year with a first round loss in Doha. They were more successful in Auckland, upsetting top seeds John Peers and Michael Venus in the first round before losing a tight match in the second against Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen. They lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares and in the first round in Pune when seeded second. Then followed three tournaments with a win and a loss - New York, Delray Beach (where they lost to eventual champions Bob and Mike Bryan) and the Chilean capital, Santiago.

The following week saw the pair split up to play for their respective countries in the Davis Cup, with Sitak joining Marcus Daniell for the first time in two years as New Zealand played Venezuela for the first time ever, in Auckland. It was a successful return, as the pair won their rubber in straight sets to help New Zealand to a 3-1 win and a place in the next round, against South Korea in September. Just a day later came the news that the partnership with Sharan was over, the Indian deciding that their results weren't good enough to justify continuing as a pair.[7] That was followed by the suspension of all international tennis due to the Covid-19 coronavirus.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–7)

Finals by surface Hard (1–5) Clay (1–3) Grass (3–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (4–4) Indoor (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2014	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Feb 2015	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcus Daniell	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	3–6, 6–4, [16–14]
Loss	2–1	Feb 2015	Memphis Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Donald Young	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	7–5, 6–7^(1–7), [8–10]
Loss	2–2	Apr 2015	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Nicholas Monroe	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Win	3–2	Jun 2016	Stuttgart Open, Germany (2)	250 Series	Grass	Marcus Daniell	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	Jul 2017	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Sep 2017	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Feb 2018	New York Open, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	3–6	Mar 2018	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Federico Delbonis Máximo González	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	May 2018	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Kyle Edmund Cameron Norrie	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Jul 2018	Hall of Fame Open, United States	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–8	Mar 2019	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [5–10]
Win	5–8	Jun 2019	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (5 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (5–12)

Finals by surface Hard (4–8) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2004	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Melvyn Op der Heijde	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2005	Spain F13, Lanzarote	Futures	Hard	Jimmy Wang	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2005	Russia F3, Korolyov	Futures	Clay	Pavel Chekhov	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Aug 2007	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 2008	Portugal F3, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Victor Ioniță	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Mar 2008	USA F6, McAllen	Futures	Hard	Tim Smyczek	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–4	Apr 2008	USA F8, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Matthew Roberts	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Oct 2008	USA F26, Hammond	Futures	Hard	Jean-Yves Aubone	4–6, 0–6
Loss	3–6	Jun 2009	USA F12, Loomis	Futures	Hard	Jesse Witten	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Loss	3–7	Sep 2009	Russia F7, Sergiyev Posad	Futures	Clay	Evgeny Kirillov	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8	Nov 2009	USA F29, Amelia Island	Futures	Clay	Jack Sock	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 3–6
Win	4–8	Mar 2010	USA F7, McAllen	Futures	Hard	Mario Ančić	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–9	Jun 2010	USA F14, Davis	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–10	Aug 2010	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Mikhail Vasiliev	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Loss	4–11	Jun 2011	Mexico F7, Morelia	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–12	Sep 2011	USA F24, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Steve Johnson	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–12	Dec 2012	Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Alexander Ward	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles: 56 (27 titles, 29 runners-up)

Legend ATP Challenger (12–15) ITF Futures (15–14)

Finals by surface Hard (18–17) Clay (9–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2003	Russia F1, Sergiyev Posad	Futures	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	Alexei Ageev Alexander Markin	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Aug 2003	Russia F3, Zhukovsky	Futures	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	Vitali Chvets Alexey Sergeev	6–7^(4–7), 1–5 ret.
Win	2–1	Dec 2004	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Jaco Mathew Ravishankar Pathanjali	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Dec 2004	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Win	4–1	Dec 2004	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Yordan Kanev Ilia Kushev	Walkover
Loss	4–2	Feb 2005	Spain F2, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Gerald Bremond	Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Germán Puentes	3–6, 5–7
Loss	4–3	Apr 2005	Uzbekistan F2, Guliston	Futures	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Alexey Kedryuk Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	5–3	Jun 2005	Spain F12, La Palma	Futures	Hard	Dmitri Sitak	Javier Genaro-Martinez Daniel Vallverdu	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	6–3	Aug 2005	Russia F3, Korolyov	Futures	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	Victor Kozin Alexei Miller	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	7–3	Jan 2006	Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	Philipp Marx Torsten Popp	6–3, 7–5
Win	8–3	Mar 2006	France F5, Lille	Futures	Hard (i)	Stéphane Bohli	Fred Gil Filip Urban	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8–4	Jul 2006	Penza, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Denis Matsukevich	Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin	1–6, 3–6
Loss	8–5	Dec 2006	Tunisia F7, Mégrine	Futures	Hard	Ludwig Pellerin	Patrick Briaud Adam Davidson	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6
Win	9–5	Feb 2007	Italy F2, Trento	Futures	Hard (i)	Dmitri Sitak	Raphael Durek Joseph Sirianni	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Loss	9–6	Apr 2007	Russia F2, Tyumen	Futures	Hard (i)	Dmitri Sitak	Evgeny Kirillov Konstantin Kravchuk	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	9–7	May 2007	Belarus F1, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Ivan Cerović	Sergey Betov Vladimir Voltchkov	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	9–8	Aug 2007	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Dmitri Sitak	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Denys Molchanov	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	Sep 2008	Lubbock, US	Challenger	Hard	Roman Borvanov	Alex Bogomolov Dušan Vemić	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10–9	Aug 2009	Russia F3, Moscow	Futures	Clay	David Savić	Ilya Belyaev Evgeny Donskoy	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–12]
Win	11–9	Nov 2009	USA F27, Birmingham	Futures	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	Colt Gaston Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–9	Nov 2009	USA F28, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Tigran Martirosyan	Sekou Bangoura Denis Kudla	6–4, 7–5
Win	13–9	Feb 2010	USA F6, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd	Matej Bocko Vladimir Obradović	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	13–10	May 2010	Carson, US	Challenger	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	14–10	Jun 2010	Ojai, US	Challenger	Hard	Leonardo Tavares	Harsh Mankad Izak van der Merwe	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	15–10	Aug 2010	Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Sadik Kadir Purav Raja	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	15–11	Aug 2010	Russia F4, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Anton Manegin	Ilya Belyaev David Savić	3–6, 3–6
Win	16–11	Apr 2011	USA F9, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Taylor Fogleman Benjamin Rogers	6–3, 7–5
Win	17–11	Jun 2011	Mexico F7, Morelia	Futures	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Ruben Gonzales Chris Kwon	6–0, 6–3
Loss	17–12	Aug 2011	Colombia F4, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Peter Aarts	Raony Carvalho Fabiano de Paula	3–6, 3–6
Loss	17–13	Mar 2012	USA F7, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Carsten Ball Andre Begemann	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Loss	17–14	Apr 2012	Tallahassee, US	Challenger	Hard	Blake Strode	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	17–15	Oct 2012	Turkey F38, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Edoardo Eremin	Maxim Dubarenco Brydan Klein	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	17–16	Nov 2012	USA F31, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Jason Jung Ryan Thacher	5–7, 2–6
Loss	17–17	Jan 2013	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Rubin Statham	Sam Groth Toshihide Matsui	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Win	18–17	Mar 2013	Australia F4, Ipswich	Futures	Hard	Rubin Statham	Jacob Grills Dane Propoggia	6–3, 6–1
Loss	18–18	Apr 2013	USA F9, Oklahoma City	Futures	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Jean-Yves Aubone Dennis Nevolo	1–6, 5–7
Loss	18–19	Jul 2013	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Stephan Fransen	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	1–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win	19–19	Oct 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Roman Borvanov	Sergio Galdós Guido Pella	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	19–20	Nov 2013	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Marcus Daniell	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	19–21	Apr 2014	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Win	20–21	May 2014	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Radu Albot	Andrea Arnaboldi Flavio Cipolla	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	20–22	Jun 2014	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Radu Albot	Franko Škugor Antonio Veić	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	21–22	Jul 2014	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	21–23	Aug 2014	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Austin Krajicek John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	21–24	Nov 2014	Traralgon, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	21–25	Nov 2014	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Bradley Klahn Matt Reid	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	21–26	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Nicholas Monroe	Robin Haase Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 2–6
Win	22–26	Aug 2015	Aptos, US	Challenger	Hard	Chris Guccione	Yuki Bhambri Matthew Ebden	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	22–27	Oct 2015	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Andre Begemann	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–27	Mar 2016	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Marcus Daniell	Santiago González Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win	24–27	Mar 2016	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Marcus Daniell	Santiago González Mate Pavić	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	25–27	Mar 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith	6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	25–28	May 2017	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	4–6, 4–6
Win	26–28	Sep 2017	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Aliaksandr Bury Andreas Siljeström	6–1, 7–5
Win	27–28	Apr 2018	Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar	6–3, 6–2
Loss	27–29	Mar 2019	Phoenix, US	Challenger	Clay	Austin Krajicek	Jamie Murray Neal Skupski	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, [6–10]

Davis Cup (21)

Group membership World Group (0) Group I (12–5) Group II (2–2) Group III (0) Group IV (0)

Results by surface Hard (14–3) Grass (0–1) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Results by setting Outdoors (6–3) Indoors (9–3)

Note: walkover victory when Pakistan abandoned the tie in 2013 is not counted as a match played

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 4–6 March 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Clay (i) surface
Defeat	1.	I	Singles	Uzbekistan	Farrukh Dustov	0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Victory	1.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Murad Inoyatov	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
5–0; 8–10 July 2011; TSB Hub, Hāwera, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	2.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Philippines	Ruben Gonzales / Cecil Mamiit	7–6^(7–0), 6–3, 6–2
Victory	3.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Cecil Mamiit	6–4, 7–5
2–3; 10–12 February 2012; TECT Arena, Tauranga, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	4.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Uzbekistan	Murad Inoyatov	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
0–5; 14–16 September 2012; CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-off; Hard surface
Defeat	2.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	India	Sanam Singh	4–6, 1–6
2–3; 19–21 October 2012; Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	5.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Chinese Taipei	Yang Tsung-hua	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Albany Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	6.	II	Singles	Lebanon	Karim Alayli	6–2, 6–1, 6–0
Victory	7.	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Michael Massih	6–0, 6–0
4–1; 5–7 April 2013; Pun Hiang Golf & Country Club, Yangon, Myanmar; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Grass surface
Defeat	3.	I	Singles	Pakistan	Aqeel Khan	5–7, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Victory	(not counted as match played)	V	Singles (dead rubber)		Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	Walkover
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Defeat	4.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Philippines	Francis Casey Alcantara / Treat Huey	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
4–1; 24–26 October 2014; Z Energy Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 2nd round play-off; Hard (i) surface
Victory	8.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Chinese Taipei	Peng Hsien-yin / Wang Chieh-fu	6–0, 6–4, 6–2
Defeat	5.	IV	Singles		Yang Tsung-hua	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	9.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	China	Li Zhe / Zhang Ze	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–1), 6–3, 6–2
2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard (i) surface
Victory	10.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	India	Rohan Bopanna / Saketh Myneni	6–3, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3
1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round; Hard surface
Victory	11.	III	Doubles (with Michael Venus)	South Korea	Lee Duck-hee / Lim Yong-kyu	7–6^(7–3), 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1–4; 3–5 February 2017; Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, India; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	12.	III	Doubles (with Michael Venus)	India	Leander Paes / Vishnu Vardhan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3
3–2; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation play-off 1st round play-off; Hard surface
Victory	13.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	South Korea	Chung Hong / Lee Jea-moon	6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
1–3; 1-3 February 2018; Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, China; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	6.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	China	Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze	4–6, 4–6
2–3; 14-15 September 2018; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Relegation playoff, 2nd round playoff; Hard (i) surface
Victory	14.	III	Doubles (with Ajeet Rai)	South Korea	Hong Seong-chan / Lee Jea-moon	7–5, 6–3
3–1; 6–7 March 2020; ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand; World Group I Play-off, Play-off round; Hard surface
Victory	15.	III	Doubles (with Marcus Daniell)	Venezuela	Luis David Martínez / Jordi Muñoz Abreu	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

Performance timelines

Doubles

Current to 2020 Australian Open. Subsequent events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

	Russia						New Zealand
Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 6	6–6
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R		0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	1R	3R	QF	1R	NH	0 / 5	6–5
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R		0 / 6	3–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–4	2–4	3–4	7–4	1–4	1–1	0 / 22	19–22
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	NH	0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	NH	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1
Shanghai Masters	Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A		0 / 1	1–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	2–5		0 / 9	4–9
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A		0 / 0	8–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	24	24	23	30	30	7	146
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	4	2	0	14
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	6–3	27–23	21–23	26–23	36–29	19–27	6–7	142–140
Year-end ranking	423	419	467	518	354	182	357	351	144	68	43	62	55	34	62		51.56%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
French Open	A	A	2R	A	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	3R	2R	2R	2R	QF	NH	0 / 5	8–5
US Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R		0 / 3	1–3
Win–Loss	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	3–3	0–1	0 / 14	10–14

References

1. nogreenmowers (20 April 2008). "Artem Sitak Wins '08 USTA Futures Event in Little Rock, AR". YouTube. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. Tennis New Zealand (6 September 2016). "The Crowd Goes Wild – featuring Artem Sitak and Marcus Daniell at the US Open". YouTube. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. "Artem Sitak's biography at ITF". Retrieved 9 January 2011.
4. "Big changes for Kiwi doubles players for grass court season". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
5. "Tennis: Kiwi doubles ace Artem Sitak reveals partner's bombshell just before French Open". The New Zealand Herald. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
6. "Rogue sprinkler causes chaos at Wimbledon". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
7. "Artem Sitak on the hunt for another doubles partner after Divij Sharan splits". Stuff. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

• Artem Sitak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Artem Sitak at the International Tennis Federation
• Artem Sitak at the Davis Cup